CPI asks UN to help free four staff members
AP
The president of the International Criminal Court asks the Security Council to urge the immediate release of four staff members, including Australia attorney Melinda Taylor, held in Libya when I went to visit the son of the deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi taken.
The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has sent a letter from the President of the ICC Sang-Hyun Song to the Council on Friday. Song said that despite the agreement on behalf of the Libyan authorities to facilitate the mission of the staff members of the Court took place on 7 June in the western town of Zintan where Seif al-Islam Gaddafi was carried out by militants in the city was captured in November.Advertising: The story continues below
Wednesday, the Libyan government spokesman said an initial investigation showed that the ICC team committed a “breach of security.” Fiscal Libya said that the team should keep for 45 days. The Security Council asked the ICC to open an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya in February 2011, at the beginning of the revolt that overthrew the end Muammar Gaddafi. The International Criminal Court accused Seif al-Islam, along with his father and head of intelligence of Gaddafi, Abdullah al-senoussi, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in an offensive against the rebels. Al-senoussi was arrested in March and takes place in Mauritania. The case against Muammar Gaddafi was abandoned after it was captured and killed by rebels. The court said in a press release on Friday a delegation of the International Criminal Court and the ambassadors of Australia, Lebanon, Russia and Spain, countries of origin of the four editors of the detainees -. had a brief meeting with them Tuesday in Zintan
“During the meeting, which took place in the presence of representatives of local authorities, staff members of the Court indicated that they were in good health and good “said the International Criminal Court.
The Libyan authorities say they want Seif al-Islam on trial in Libya and denied the right of the International Criminal Court to judge. The ICC is a court of last resort, intended to prosecute those suspected of countries that can not or will not achieve them. The judges of the Court ruled on June 1 that Libya does not need to give Seif al-Islam, pending a decision on the challenge of Tripoli. The International Criminal Court, said that the visit of four staff members “is aimed at preserving the rights of defense against the proceedings before the ICC.” The declaration states that these rights include the right to appoint a lawyer of their choice and have adequate time and resources to prepare his defense. In the absence of a lawyer appointed by Seif al-Islam, the International Criminal Court, said two lawyers from the Legal Department to his audience were designated as representing the process to ensure impartiality. The International Criminal Court has expressed its “strong hope” that the four will be released soon, saying. “The Court is very careful to answer any misunderstandings in pregnancy and banda banda’s mandate and activities of the delegation during its mission to Libya”
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